Goodwood Glory for Czinger as 21C Hypercar sets new Hill Climb Record

The Czinger 21C zinged up the 1.16-mile track at Goodwood in just 48.83 seconds to record the fastest time ever achieved by a production vehicle.

The 3D-printed hybrid hypercar beat the previous record set by the Rimac Nevera in 2023 by almost half a second and might have gone even faster had driver Chris Ward not clipped a hay bale near the end of his run.

The 21C gets a tremendous launch off the start line thanks to its combination of a 963-hp 2.8-liter, flat-plane crank, twin turbo V-8 engine and a pair of electric motors on the front axle adding an additional 304 horses. Revving to 11,000 rpm it's surprisingly muted as it blasts up the hill. Ward's commitment from the central driving position is evident by the way he just clips the grass on a couple of occasions to get the ideal apex.

Goodwood Glory adds to the $1.7 M Czinger's production car lap records set at Circuit of the Americas and WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. At the Texas track the 21C lapped in 2:11:33, taking six seconds off the previous record, while in California a time of 1:25:44 was more than two seconds faster than a McLaren Senna which had held the honors.

Czinger isn't done yet, with founder Kevin Czinger saying he plans "a little international trip," in 2025. However, to take the outright record at Goodwood and beat the mental McMurtry Speirling electric fan car it would have to go almost ten seconds quicker. Let's take another look at that incredible run from 2022 which looks like it's going to be unbeaten for a while.